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One of the biggest threats we face to democracy is disinformation. If you're in London next week, we'd highly recommend checking it out and meeting these brilliant voices face to face. Learn more here: www.thersa.org/events/2026/... #Democracy #SocialMedia

Disinformation and democracy

The RSA

Disinformation and democracy

Join Eliot Higgins, Carole Cadwalladr and Media Revolution at RSA House for a timely discussion on disinformation, deepfakes, AI propaganda, and the future of democracy.

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Tjeerd Royaards

@royaards@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

If 2026 were a shopping mall, it would probably look like this. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#fascism #racism #manosphere #tradwives #democracy

Cartoon showing the inside of a shopping mall with different stores and people walking around with shopping bags. One store sells fascist paraphernalia and has the text 'Celebrating Fascism' on its window. Another store is called 'Outrage: Fact-Free Opinions'. Two other stores are titled 'Manosphere' and 'Tradwives' and feature pictures of a muscular man and a smiling woman in a housewife's dress respectively. In the corner of the mall is a small bookshop with the text 'Human rights, democracy, diversity, facts' on the window. A sign behind the glass reads 'Out of business'. Two persons are looking at an information sign that says: '2026 Shopping Mall: xenophobia, go left, conspiracies, go right, prejudice, straight ahead'

Trouw

Tjeerd Royaards

@royaards@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

If 2026 were a shopping mall, it would probably look like this. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#fascism #racism #manosphere #tradwives #democracy

Trouw

Tjeerd Royaards

Randahl Fink

@randahl@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Every time I watch Stephen Colbert, I think of May 21, 2026, where his last show airs from The Ed Sullivan Theater in NY.

It ends, not because he has bad ratings, but — I believe — because CBS does not have the courage to continue to speak truth to power.

I hope with all my heart, that Stephen Colbert finds a different path, where he can continue informing the public in the unique and entertaining way he masters so well.

In this decisive moment in history, we need all hands on deck.

Kevin Russell

@kevinrns@mstdn.social · 3 weeks ago

@randahl

I want him.to take them on directly, not as entertainment. If Colbert runs for President, if he is asked by enough people to run, I would support.

No.idea what that badiclly decent kind man is doing next, but I can't wait.

Colbert wasn't fired, he was ignited.

#colbert #uspol #watch #coup #democracy #dems #noKings

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

"Every #democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their #corruption.

#History won’t judge #Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened."
https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarianism #Politics #News #US #USA #America

Headline:
Forum
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

by Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach

With responses from: Cori Bush, Amanda Litman, Matthew Yglesias, G. Elliott Morris, Julia Serano, Eric Rauchway, Suzanne Mettler & Trevor E. Brown, Thomas Ferguson, Timothy Shenk, Jared Abbott & Milan Loewer, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Lily Geismer, Danielle Wiggins, William A. Galston, and Henry Burke — Headline: Forum How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated. by Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach With responses from: Cori Bush, Amanda Litman, Matthew Yglesias, G. Elliott Morris, Julia Serano, Eric Rauchway, Suzanne Mettler & Trevor E. Brown, Thomas Ferguson, Timothy Shenk, Jared Abbott & Milan Loewer, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Lily Geismer, Danielle Wiggins, William A. Galston, and Henry Burke

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

"The #politics of careful positioning and poll-tested moderation have been tested, and on their own, they have failed to deliver the victories needed to protect democracy. The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail.

👉 In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance."👈

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarian #USPol #Democrats #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Democracy

Text from article(edited for length):
Democrats can keep debating whether to stand 5 degrees or 15 degrees left of center, fine-tuning messages drowned out by the latest Trump spectacle. They can chase moderate voters our data shows won’t materialize while their base stays home...

Or they can accept the evidence: the old rules are dead. ...with an authoritarian movement capturing one major party, electoral politics has become existential conflict. This requires not moderation but mobilization... not just messaging but genuine reform to prove that Democrats will fight for democracy itself by first attacking the corruption that rots it from within.

Scholars of democratic breakdown know that moments like this demand institutional coordination, civil society mobilization, and the political courage to name and confront the authoritarian threat on its weakest flank. Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption.

History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened... The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail. In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance. — Text from article(edited for length): Democrats can keep debating whether to stand 5 degrees or 15 degrees left of center, fine-tuning messages drowned out by the latest Trump spectacle. They can chase moderate voters our data shows won’t materialize while their base stays home... Or they can accept the evidence: the old rules are dead. ...with an authoritarian movement capturing one major party, electoral politics has become existential conflict. This requires not moderation but mobilization... not just messaging but genuine reform to prove that Democrats will fight for democracy itself by first attacking the corruption that rots it from within. Scholars of democratic breakdown know that moments like this demand institutional coordination, civil society mobilization, and the political courage to name and confront the authoritarian threat on its weakest flank. Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption. History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened... The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail. In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance.

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

#Trump #Authoritarianism #Politics #News #US #USA #America

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

👉 In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance."👈

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarian #USPol #Democrats #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Democracy

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

#Trump #Authoritarianism #Politics #News #US #USA #America

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

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ProPublica

@ProPublica@newsie.social · 4 weeks ago

The FBI’s search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, GA, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald Trump’s breaking of democratic norms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #FBI #Georgia #Election #Democracy #Vote